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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 148 · 40 questions
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Artist's tip (Look straight across): Pairs: red–green, blue–orange, yellow–purple (each pair = one primary + one secondary). Tertiary pairs: red-orange–blue-green, yellow-orange–blue-purple, yellow-green–red-purple. Side by side they look brighter; mixed as paint they look dull and brownish.

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  1. 1.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  2. 2.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and green (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) orange and blue
  3. 3.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) red-orange (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow-green
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-orange? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue-purple (d) yellow-green
  5. 5.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  6. 6.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) blue-green (b) green (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
  7. 7.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-purple (b) purple (c) yellow-orange (d) blue
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  9. 9.True or false: red and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: yellow-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green and yellow (b) blue and orange (c) blue and purple (d) red and orange
  12. 12.True or false: yellow and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) blue and orange (c) orange and blue (d) green and yellow
  14. 14.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and orange (d) red and green
  15. 15.True or false: red is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  18. 18.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: green and yellow — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and green (c) red and green (d) red and orange
  21. 21.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) paler (c) invisible (d) brighter
  22. 22.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) brighter colour (b) pure white (c) primary colour (d) dull, brownish colour
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) red and green (c) red and purple (d) blue and orange
  24. 24.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) green and yellow (c) orange and blue (d) blue and green
  25. 25.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue-green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) red-orange (d) blue
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) blue-purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  27. 27.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  28. 28.True or false: yellow and orange — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) blue (c) red-orange (d) orange
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple and yellow (b) blue and purple (c) blue and orange (d) yellow and purple
  31. 31.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) neutral colour (b) tertiary colour (c) secondary colour
  32. 32.🎯 Are blue and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  33. 33.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) purple and yellow (c) green and yellow (d) yellow and orange
  35. 35.True or false: blue and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) opposite each other (d) next to white
  37. 37.True or false: red and purple — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of purple. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: blue and purple — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: red and green — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. complementary pair
  2. blue and green
  3. purple
  4. blue-purple
  5. not complementary
  6. yellow-green
  7. red-purple
  8. green
  9. True
  10. False
  11. blue and orange
  12. False
  13. green and yellow
  14. yellow and orange
  15. False
  16. True
  17. not complementary
  18. False
  19. False
  20. red and green
  21. brighter
  22. dull, brownish colour
  23. red and purple
  24. orange and blue
  25. red-orange
  26. yellow
  27. complementary pair
  28. False
  29. blue
  30. blue and purple
  31. secondary colour
  32. complementary pair
  33. True
  34. purple and yellow
  35. False
  36. opposite each other
  37. False
  38. True
  39. True
  40. False

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